Fighting global warming and dependence on fossil fuels
We are working on several innovative and exciting projects. One is turning vegetable oil (mostly from soybeans) into biodiesel (this technology has actually been around for some time, but there are still not too many facilities doing it). Another is using wood scraps and waste water treatment plant sludge to make bio/synthetic gas (mostly methane) and then burning that gas to make electric power. A third project I am working on right now is proposing to extract/squeeze "natural" gas out of coal, and process it to the extent that it can be sold as standard natural gas. Lastly, we are about to submit an application for a coal-fired power plant (pretty standard design) that will be equipped with a carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant. If built, it will mostly likely be the first of its kind on a large scale. Most of the readers of this blog are probably unaware that CO2, the primary "pollutant" of concern in regards to the alleged global warming, is not yet a regulated air pollutant under EPA rules. The laws/regulations are being discussed on capital hill and are probably not far away. But that is why such a plant is a big deal. It's not very often that our clients are so far ahead of the rules.